Nepal on Wednesday extended its war crimes investigation for the third time, by passing an amendment on the Transitional Justice Act granting a one-year extension.

<p>A British parliamentary committee has called for an end to indefinite detention in immigration centres and for detention to be authorised independently of the Home Office.</p> <p>According to the Guardian, around 27,000 people a year are detained in connection with immigration and are usually held without being given a date for release or deportation.</p> <p>“Indefinite detention causes distress and anxiety. [It] can trigger mental illness and exacerbate mental health conditions,” a highly critical report by parliament’s joint committee on human rights (JCHR) has said.</p>

<p>There has been international outcry after a number of deaths of women who were banished to “menstruation huts” in Nepal.&nbsp;</p> <p>This month, 21-year-old woman, from Nepal died after being banished to a “menstruation hut” during her period. The head of police in Doti district, Lala Bahadur Dhami, told reporters that she died of suffocation after making a fire to keep herself warm.</p> <p>Parbati Bogati, had initially planned to spend the night on the ground floor of an abandoned house but had found that communal menstruation hut too crowded. This follows a similar incident three weeks ago in which a mother who was following the tradition and her two sons died of smoke inhalation in Bajura.</p>

French president, Emmanuel Macron, yesterday announced a day to remember the Armenian genocide, April 24

A UN rights group has uncovered more than 50 mass graves in the western province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mai Ndombe.

Three separatist leaders from the Joint Resistance Leadership in Kashmir have called for a regional strike in protest at the Indian prime minister's visit on Sunday. 

Narendra Modi's visit is the first since the BJP pulled out of the coalition government in Kashmir. Announcing new infrastructure projects, Modi warned he would "break the back" of terrorism in the area. 

“I want to Kashmir’s and the entire nation that this terrorism will be forcibly dealt with. Every terrorist will be sternly dealt with. By conducting a surgical strike on Pakistan we showed our clear intentions to the world. We will break the back of the terrorism in Kashmir," Modi said. 

<p>A second round of internationally administered official talks between the Polisario Front and Morocco to solve the 43- year old political dispute on Western Sahara’s self-determination are set to&nbsp;take place next month, reports <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/talks-western-sahara-expected-ma…">Al Jazeera.</a></p> <p>The UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara, former German president Horst Koehler, told the United Nations that he planned to hold separate talks preliminary talks with all parties to prepare for a&nbsp;second around of official talks in March.</p> <p>Speaking after a meeting of the United Nations last week,&nbsp;German Ambasador Christoph Hesugen said,&nbsp;“I do see hope. The unity of the Security Council is a very important factor. This is a conflict we can resolve.</p>

Saudi Arabia has agreed to release seven Houthi rebel prisoners after a Saudi prisoner of war was released safely in Riyadh. 

The release of  Mousa Awaji, a Saudi soldier, was initiated by the Houthi rebels who stated they they did not have the adequate medical equipment to care for his ailments. The UN welcomed the transfer and hopes that this could lead to a ceasefire in Yemen. 

<p>The United Nations’ refugee agency warned of a rise in xenophobic rhetoric in Europe, despite migrant arrivals to Europe reaching a four year low in 2018&nbsp;</p> <p>The UN High Commission for Refugees said that populist European politicians had been upholding a harsh anti-immigration position despite numbers falling from the highest numbers since World War Two in 2015.</p> <p>Filippo Grandi, Commissioner General of the UNHRC, added however that even if these politicians do gain power, they will likely be forced to make compromises after European Parliament elections in May.</p>

India has engaged in an increased crackdown on border crossings from Bangladesh leading to the arrest and deportation of dozens of Rohingya Muslims this year.